Archive: 31/05/2012

The prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the U.S. may be as high as 2.2 million cases according to a new study now available in Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American ...

(HealthDay) -- For patients with esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer, treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection is associated with improved survival compared with surgery alone, ...

(HealthDay) -- Minor head trauma patients taking warfarin should have a repeat computed tomography (CT) scan prior to discharge to detect delayed hemorrhage, particularly in those with an initial international normalized ...

Can an adult be held responsible for a parents medical bills? In Pennsylvania, the answer is yes, according to a dramatic new ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court explained by elder law expert Katherine Pearson ...

In their effort to fight cancer and other threats to human health, researchers look to the birds, the bees  and to frogs, fish, and any number of species, studying how their natural defenses help protect them and what ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is one of just 13 U.S. surgery sites chosen to offer the LINX Reflux Management System, a new implantable magnetic ring that promises relief to the estimated 25 ...